Jelly BEANS on a cricket pitch, eh! Just what on earth was all that about?

I'm still waiting for someone to explain the point of that. From where I was sitting it looked like it came straight out of children's hour.

I'm surprised they didn't have short trousers on, with schoolboy caps to boot.

I just don't know what they were trying to achieve. I can promise you I've never seen a jelly bean on any cricket field I've played on, and it was just a childish move that probably won't happen again because they'll be so embarrassed by it. Sledging has been a part of the game since it started.

Wg Grace used to do it, Douglas Jardine did it and players will keep on doing it when we're all long gone - but the key is that you only do it to the people you think it will affect.

I noticed there wasn't too much chirping going on when Sachin Tendulkar was batting.

All this chat from guys like Matt Prior is fine and there was nothing rude or offensive about it. If you think it can help you then crack on and chirp away - but I'll tell you this, you've got to be one hell of a good player to keep on talking out there.

I think there is definitely a place for it, but if you're chattering away like birds in an aviary then the batsman has every right to walk away from his stance and tell you to shut up and let him concentrate.

I don't know too many bowlers that picked up wickets with a great one-liner, but a decent inswinging yorker worked once or twice.

Half the time a lot of these players are saying things because they think it is expected of them and they go over the top with it because it doesn't come naturally.

A big worry for the Indians is Sree Sreesanth because his no-ball from three feet over the crease was not on. I think the Indians will sort him out in-house and let him know he can't carry on that way.

It was a shame for Sreesanth because I think he is an exceptional talent when he concentrates just on bowling. At the moment I think he is too easily distracted and that is a bit of a problem.

He can be a huge threat with the ball and that is what the Indian management will want from him, rather than his other antics. England face a slightly unusual position for them at home, but they needn't be too upset by this defeat because it was such a huge toss to lose.

Maybe they could have fought their way to 250 in the first innings, but India bowled well and made sure they made the most of their captain Rahul Dravid's decision.

In those conditions their bowlers pitched the ball up just a foot or so more than England and that made a big difference.

It got them the lbws and the edges that England couldn't get. I know you're going to get hit for the odd four, but I just felt England bowled a little too short. Now they need to make sure they get it right at the Oval next week.